Environmental Science Basics

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What are renewable resources?

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Resources that can be replaced quickly (within a lifetime). Examples include water, wind, sunlight, plants, and animals.

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What are nonrenewable resources?

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Resources that cannot be replaced quickly. Examples include fossil fuels, coal, soil, and minerals.

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What is pollution?

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Any harmful change to the environment.

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What are examples of air pollution?

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Smog, burning fuel, and chemicals from factories.

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What causes acid rain?

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Air pollution getting into clouds and falling as rain, which then becomes water pollution in lakes and rivers.

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What are examples of water pollution?

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Improper waste disposal, fertilizers, and pesticides in run-off from farms.

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What are examples of land pollution?

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Garbage in landfills and improper disposal of chemicals/poisons.

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What are some ways to prevent pollution?

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Laws for proper disposal of chemicals, carbon capture by factories, and preventing run-off of farm chemicals into the water supply.

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What is conservation?

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Preserving and protecting natural resources.

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What does it mean to reduce in terms of conservation?

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Use less of something, such as using both sides of a paper, and cutting down on water, electricity, and fossil fuels.